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For most of the last half century, the West Papuan people have put up a brave guerrilla resistance,
fighting the Indonesian military state with bows and arrows, unseen by the rest of the world.
In recent years however, it has all changed as urban social movements reclaim space in the cities and communication technology make even the deepest jungle a bit less isolated.

Despite brutal repression and racism, 2011 has seen some impressive resistance in West Papua:

-A four-month strike at the world’s biggest